# 2023–24 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team

The 2023–24 Harvard Crimson men's basketball team represented Harvard University during the 2023–24 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Crimson, led by 16th-year head coach Tommy Amaker, played their home games at the Lavietes Pavilion located in Boston, Massachusetts as members of the Ivy League. They finished the season with a record of 14–13, 5–9 in Ivy League play, to place fifth. They failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament.

## Previous season

The Crimson finished the 2022–23 season 14–14, 5–9 in Ivy League play, to place seventh. They failed to qualify for the Ivy League tournament.

## Schedule and results

| Date time, TV | Opponent$^#$ | Result | Record | Site (attendance) city, state |
| Non-conference regular season ||||||
| November 6, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | UMass Boston | W 78–50 | 1–0 | Lavietes Pavilion (932) Boston, MA |
| November 10, 2023* 8:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Rice | W 89–76 | 2–0 | Tudor Fieldhouse (2,474) Houston, TX |
| November 14, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Northeastern | W 80–56 | 3–0 | Lavietes Pavilion (946) Boston, MA |
| November 17, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+/NESN+ | at UMass | W 78–75 $^{OT}$ | 4–0 | Mullins Center (3,735) Amherst, MA |
| November 18, 2023* 5:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Boston College Rivalry | L 64–73 | 4–1 | Conte Forum (6,326) Chestnut Hill, MA |
| November 22, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Colgate | W 76–70 | 5–1 | Cotterell Court (847) Hamilton, NY |
| November 26, 2023* 4:30 pm, B1G | vs. Indiana | L 76–89 | 5–2 | Gainbridge Fieldhouse (8,469) Indianapolis, IN |
| November 29, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | American | W 80–75 | 6–2 | Lavietes Pavilion (983) Boston, MA |
| December 2, 2023* 4:00 pm, ESPN+/NBCSCHI+ | at Loyola–Chicago | L 53–75 | 6–3 | Joseph J. Gentile Arena (3,754) Chicago, IL |
| December 8, 2023* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Army | W 70–64 | 7–3 | Lavietes Pavilion (1,450) Boston, MA |
| December 21, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Holy Cross | W 74–72 | 8–3 | Lavietes Pavilion (1,124) Boston, MA |
| December 30, 2023* 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Iona | L 60–69 | 8–4 | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| January 2, 2024* 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Albany | W 76–71 | 9–4 | Lavietes Pavilion (837) Boston, MA |
| Ivy League regular season ||||||
| January 6, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Princeton | L 58–89 | 9–5 (0–1) | Jadwin Gymnasium (4,831) Princeton, NJ |
| January 15, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Brown | L 72–74 | 9–6 (0–2) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,124) Boston, MA |
| January 20, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPNU/ESPN+ | at Penn | W 70–61 | 10–6 (1–2) | The Palestra (4,960) Philadelphia, PA |
| January 27, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Yale | L 65–78 | 10–7 (1–3) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| February 2, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Columbia | W 62–59 | 11–7 (2–3) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,536) Boston, MA |
| February 3, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Cornell | L 76–89 | 11–8 (2–4) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| February 10, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | Dartmouth | W 77–59 | 12–8 (3–4) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| February 16, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Cornell | L 62–75 | 12–9 (3–5) | Newman Arena Ithaca, NY |
| February 17, 2024 6:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Columbia | W 80–75 | 13–9 (4–5) | Levien Gymnasium (2,257) New York, NY |
| February 23, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Princeton | L 53–66 | 13–10 (4–6) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| February 24, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | Penn | W 74–70 | 14–10 (5–6) | Lavietes Pavilion (1,636) Boston, MA |
| March 1, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Brown | L 68–71 $^{OT}$ | 14–11 (5–7) | Pizzitola Sports Center (1,788) Providence, RI |
| March 2, 2024 7:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Yale | L 60–80 | 14–12 (5–8) | John J. Lee Amphitheater (2,532) New Haven, CT |
| March 9, 2024 2:00 pm, ESPN+ | at Dartmouth | L 69–76 | 14–13 (5–9) | Leede Arena (809) Hanover, NH |
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from AP poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern. ||||||
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